Over at Sandee & Amelie’s Steampunk challenges, challenge No2 is about bringing fairytales into the steampunk world. I love fairytales and I love steampunk. I think the two go wonderfully together. I immediately thought about a fairytale I loved hearing when I was a child, The Nightingale, by Hans Christian Anderson. I think it is …
Yesterday I watched several Donna Downey video’s. Mostly inspiration wednesday video’s. I was so inspired by her approach to art journalling, that I managed to start and finish not one, but two journal pages. And in keeping with the quote on one of the pages, I will share them here with you.
A while back I saw a video from a very inspirational lady in wich she challenged us to create a small key chain booklet, filled with inspirational words for someone. Now I wasn’t going to enter the challenge, as I have never posted a video on YouTube before, let alone a video response. She did …
Yesterday evening I realised I didn’t do anything in my art journal during the day. So, in keeping with my resolution to do some art journalling every day, even if it is only 10 minutes, I took my art journal and flipped through it. I found a page that I didn’t care for to much. …
Over on the Simon says stamp and show there is a challenge to create something with a quote. This can be any kind of quote, from movie quotes, to something a family member always says, a qoute on a stamp, or a quote you find insirational. Since I have been meaning to work more with …
I have never made an ATC before and I thought it would be fun do try my hand at one. I didn’t know what makes an ATC. So I looked it up and apparently it’s all about the size, 3.5″ by 2.5″. Now this I should be able to do, as I have made books …
Last night I finished another journal page. For this page I wanted to play a bit with circles and templates. As I am still trying to get to grips with wotking with templates. I had a sea sponge template that came with a set of glimmer mist sprays and I had some templates made by …
I have been wanting to do more with flowers on my projects, because I do love how they look and how they can compliment a piece. I ordered the tattered florals die, as I expected this to make flower making easier. Yesterday my tattered floral die finally arived and since there was still time for …
Yesterdag I started working in my brand new art journal. Trying to keep in mind that this journal is for expressing myself and trying out new techniques and material. In keeping with that, I tried out my new stamp that came yesterday and 2 new stencils. I started playing and trying out what would happen.
Last night I finished my new art journal. I can now finally start using it. Though I must admit, I cheated a bit and started filling in some backgrounds while I was waiting for various components to dry. So without further ado, here it is…
Falcon Travelers 